Uncovering the Patterns of Socioeconomic Variables and Voting Turnout

One approach at examining the factors that affect voting turnout is the role of socio-economic status (SES). The presence of formal education, age of citizens, gender, income, etc can all impact the degree to which political participation is exhibited. It holds that those with high socio-economic status are more likely to participate in politics. Political behavior like any other aspect of human behavior takes place in a particular socio-economic and cultural milieu. But the association between political participation and some of this socio-economic status differ relatively in terms of culture, space, time, individuals and of political context. Usually, that a voter's turnout is influenced by the level of SES has been built around the assumption that, socio-economic variables effect political participation of citizens. However, the present study found out that only certain socio-economic factors have effect on voting turnout of the voters in spite of the overall high voting participation.